The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1887-08-26
Washington
tTrsm eur regular sousspenasss.l

4 lar inviting proposals. for the sale OF large
amount OF ~ per cent United States
bonds and 4 per cent bonds,and also Paci.
lic railroad bonds, with rebate Of pei
cent per annnm on the amount prepaid
Explanatory of thIs action Secretary Fair.
child says he thought Il the best thing he
could do under tho clFcumstances--his
purchase OF bonds being for the purpose
OF providing for tho sinking funds and the
anticipation OF interest Is for tho purpose
of removing the surplus. The interest
referred 70 IN the order amounts 10 $a7,.
5Io,7s4 and the sinking fund to about Sac.
oooooo, added 70 the Ssooooooo OF 4 per
cent bonds previously applied to that fdnd.
The Secretary says that the surplus can
only be disposed of through the co.opera.
tlon Of the bond d.holders. and that II they
do not accept the terms Of his offer to
them, |. would appear that they are not
greatly In need of money.
The Controller OF the currency has Civ.
en- notice to the national banks requiring
them TO submit 10 him full statement OF
their affairs Al the close OF business Al.
gust Ist--ln default of which they viii be
fined and the sums paid Into the United
States Treasury the purpose being to see
whether these institutions have their q.
nances In proper shape TO meet any re-
quIremenss necessary In handling this
years crops
During the month OF July so,5t6 names
were added 10 the pension rolls By the
Democratic Administration, which. accord.
Ing TO Republican partisans, has nothing
but hatred and hostility to The Union
Veterans.
The pension which was put through By
Forger Harvey. a. Attorney for widow.
turns out. upon closer inveetigation,to be
fraud and thns nsarly $4,000 s.at the
last moment, saved TO the Government.
The Pension Office offers great field for
fraudulent manipulaslons. but the evil.
doors almost invariably coine 10 grief !.
two men have just been arrested 10 West
Virginia on a charge of forgery In connsc.
iion with pension case.
Public Printer Benedict's reply to the
New York 7yi5sHSs charge that he dls.
eriminaied against Union soldiers In max.
ing appointments or dlsmissals Is clear and
convincing to the last degree. showing, a.
II does, that Mr.. Benedict Is true and
careful guardian Of the interests OF the
soldiers, ior,aeeordlng 10 an actual census
OF the Office, taken by him. about one.half
Of is employees are either Union Veser.
ans or their widows and children all oi
whom are protected In their positions by
. special statute. bni, which the present
Printers Republican predecessors ignored
when Il applied 10 Democratic Union
soldier. examples that might well war.
rant retaliations In kind on his part--still
he has done 80 but. impartiaiiy given, 70
ell whom !, Is due, the benefits Of this class
legislation. Mr.. Benedict has increased
the working capacity Of the establishment
although compelled TO reduce the force.
and has won the lasting gratitude Of all
the employees by paying semImonthIy,
instead Of monthly, A. was the rule under
the Republican regime.
Secretary Lamar's request that the
heads Of bureaus OF the Interior Depart.
ment present their annual reports much
sariier than heretofore strongly tends 10
confirm the general impression that he
will soon be transferred to the Supreme
L. al.
lofty tribunal as few men In America
could, for, In addition to being the frat
among Southern Statesmen and jurists. HE
mind is cast in = judicial mould. President
Cleveland says Of him, that OF all the men
&c has ever met, he believes Secretary
Lamar to possess the clearest and most
profound intellect.
About twenty patent Attorneys of Wash.
ington who were the benefcIarIes OF
Bacon's generosity with the public fun ds
have been notified that unless they inarne.
diately refund the sums borrowed-some
5000 II will be considered cause for dis.
barring them from practice before the In
terror Department the bondsmen Of the
late financial clerk have sIgnified their
willingness to pay his defalcation when 1t
is certified to properly.
The chief topic of local interest Is the
trial of naval surgeon Crawford for leading
astray a school girl Of thirteen and Madam
Grundy Is expecting sensational develop.
ments The Judge has decided an impor-
tant and interesting legal point-that the
case can be tried under the Edmunds Utah
law--the first of the kind on record here.
j think conviction rather doubtful, for
the reason that one OF the Governments
principal witnesses has been spirited away,
the little correspondent Is in New York,
but process has been issued for her.
Mrs. Cleveland is gleefully disporting
herself in the foamy waves OF Bnzzards
Bay on the coast OF New England. The
other day in the little village Of Marion.
where she stops, It was noised abroad that
Mrs. Cleveland was going TO take plunge
in the surf, but, when she appeared on the
beach 1000 people were assembled to see
the sight,yet need hardly add they were
disappointed.
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